From Sàn Art to The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, Zoe Butt anchors herself in the Vietnamese art scene, and is building a larger network in South East Asia.

A Moscow-based curator who speaks of curatorial highs and lows, like she would of a walk in the park, and who reminds us, like Rilke, that no feeling is final.

A student of tradition and the contemporary, Alia Swastika seems to also have found the balance between introspection and advancing the arts.

Working in the middle of the Mediterranean sea, Luigi Fassi, a museum director who loves poetry and dance on his free time, cares for antiquity and contemporary issues.

Ricky Francisco, a museum Director in Manila who is not afraid to mix art with issues of mental health or showing it in malls.